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Family hit by suspected drunk driver to return to Disney on Ice, one year after tragedy

Family hit by suspected drunk driver to return to Disney on Ice, one year after tragedy

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Updated: 11:33 PM EDT Sep 15, 2015

Family hit by suspected drunk driver to return to Disney on Ice, one year after tragedy

Family hit by suspected drunk driver to return to Disney on Ice, one year after tragedy

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Updated: 11:33 PM EDT Sep 15, 2015

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WEBVTT VICKI: GOOD EVENING, I'M VICKI DORTCH. THIS WEEK MARKS ONE YEAR SIR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE HIT SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE. TH OF "DISNEY ON ICE." THE TIME HOSPITAL STAYS, SURGERIES, MONTHS OF REHABILITATION. LIVE TONIGHT DOWNTOWN WITH A STORY YOU'. LAUREN? LAUREN: GOOD EVENING, VICKI. LET'S GOTHE FAMILY WAS JUST LEAVING T YUM CENTER. THEY WERE STREET RIGHT HERE WHEN THEY WERE ONE OF THE KIDS STILL HAS TROUBLE EVERY TIME SHE HAS TO CROSS THE STREET, BUT INCREDIBLY BACK TO THE YUM CENTER TO SEE "DISNEY ON ICE." THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS WE HAPPEN. IT HAPPENED IN AN INSTANT. SARA NEATHAMER, SI PREGNANT, CROSSING A DOWNTN STREET AFTER CATCHING A CE HIT, ALONG WITH HER TWO KIDS STILL HEALING. SHYANNE, NOW SEVEN, REMEMBE EVERYTHING. SARA NEATHAMER: IT TAKES A TO GET HER TO GO ACROSS THE STREET, A WHOLE LOT. LAUREN: AFTER BEING HIT BY A SUSPDRE WOULD SPEND WEEKS IN A HOS LEARNING TO WALK AGAIN. BUT ON TUESDAY, SHE SHOWS TELLS US SHE'S BETTER. HOW COME YOU DON'T NEED A WAL SHYANNE: CAUSE I'M HEAL. LAUREN: HOW DO YOU FEEL? SHYANNE: GOOD. LAUREN: FOUR-YEAR-OLD JADEN -- JAYDEN WAS OUTFITTED WITH A HALO AFTER A SPINAL CORD INJURYD HE TOO HAS DONE JUST FINE, B MONTHS EARLY AND LOST OXYG FROM THE TIME HIS MOTHER W TO THE TIME HE WAS DELIVER, EVERY DAY HAS BEEN A STRUG JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER A LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY BRAIN SURGERY, SARA SAYS THE OUT, ACCORDING TO DOCTORS, IS G SARA: EVENTUALLY, HIS BRAI JUST SHUT DOWN AND HE WIL EVERY MORNING, I WAKE UP AD TO FIND MY BABY DEAD. THAT'S MY REALITY EVERY. LAUREN: MOST DAYS ARE HARD, BUT BL SHYANNE, IN FACT, WANTS TO BACK TO "DISNEY ON ICE." HER MOM THINKS IT MIGHT BRING O WE'VE GOT A SURPRISE. FOUR TICKETS FOR YOU GUYS TO GO. SHE IS SO EXCITED SHE IS LEFT SPEECHLESS, BUT A HU MORE THAN THANKS ENOUGH. SHE SAYS SHE'S MOST EXCITED TOSEE ELSA, THE FROZEN QUEEN KNOWN WHO SINGS "LET IT GO." BRAVE LITTLE GIRL IS READY TMOVE PAST THE TRAGEDY THAT DEFINED THE PAST YEAR AND " IT GO." FOR SARA NEATH MORE REMINDER OF HOW LUCKY IS TO STILL HAVE HER FAMIL SARA NEATHAMER: HOW CAN I BLESSED THE ECHO -- BLESSED? LAUREN: ON THURSDAY, SHYANNE TELLS ME HER MOM AND HER BROTHER. SHE IS NOT SURE WHO SHE IS GOING TO BRING THE FOURTH TAKE IT TOO, BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN -- THEY WILL HEAD TK YOU AT THE RESTAURANT WHERE WOME SAVE THE FAMILY. LAUREN ADAMS, WLKY NEWS. VICKI: DEXCOM ALARM. POLICE ARRESTED 65-YEAR-OLD